As a ten year old, I unknowingly had tea with Tutu, a moment that may have had subconsciously changed the course of my life. His announcement to retire today reminded me of that chance meeting.
A culture of dignity in the workplace provides a competitive advantage because it means happier, healthier, more creative and productive employees.
The most basic reason for guaranteeing universal health care is that we encourage a primitive, survival-based world when we fail to meet otherwise productive people's most basic needs.
Democracy-loving, independent-minded, and compassionate citizens will continue in the spirit of those like you, who are the real ambassadors of truth and democracy and the American way.
it seems to me that the only way forward for leaders who fully understand the dangerous nature of these times is to be both persistently reasonable and persistently theological.
My Christian faith beckons me to look at my neighbors, to love them even as I love myself. That's what First Lady Michelle Obama left us--she took the time to see her neighbors.
Full-body scanners are the latest clash between religious sensitivity and national security. Some religious groups say the scanners are forcing an unc...
If our political leaders won't make room for the "strangers" among us, we will -- because Jesus commands us to do so.
So long as the middle of our political spectrum is depopulated, liberals and conservative are at loggerheads. The answer to the impotence of the old parties is a new party -- the Dignity Party.
Rankism is an assertion of superiority. It typically takes the form of putting others down. It's what "Somebodies" do to "nobodies." It turns out that rankism is the source of most man-made suffering.
End of life choice is the human liberty movement of the twenty-first century. This is the arena where dignity and liberty stride forward today. The struggle for end-of-life choices is a movement whose time has come.
We won't be able to confront rankism until we overcome our fear of seeming uppity by using the word in public.
Although the Arabic word Karmeh simply means dignity, it has become an expression that has many more usages and meanings.
Obama got the prize not for doing, but for being. Not for making peace, but for exemplifying something new on the world stage -- the politics of dignity.
Calls for civility have not worked, either with the public or the partisan commentators who model disdain and contempt for their followers. Why is hate resonating with the American public?
When strangers ply us with questions like "And you are?", "Who are you with?", or "Where did you go to school?" they are likely sizing up our power as belied by our affiliations.
Allow me humbly to ask you to walk with me into this discourse about human rights as a way of life, slowly and thoughtfully.
There is no one "right" religious position on how health care should look; but I believe there are some fundamental moral and even biblical principles on which to evaluate any final legislative agreement.
Life on Earth will survive because of the visions of humans like Barack Obama. If you'd rather just complain, that's your right, but get out of the way while the rest of us get it done.
Who are the nobodies? They are Everyman, Everywoman, Everychild. In our heart, each of us aspires to become someone new, someone more.
Whether directed at an individual or a group, rankism aims to put targets in their place and keep them weak so they will do as they're told and submit to being taken advantage of.
Our distaste for good-byes is a reminder of our unfathomable mutual dependence. An individual self cannot come into being, let alone endure, absent the recognition of others.
We were quick to look at the Gates affair through the lens of race. To bring things fully into focus, we need a second lens -- that of rank.
President Obama has yet to tell us how to repair our broken institutions. But he may be doing something equally important. He may be showing us the way.
Americans still admire dignity. But the word has become unmoored from any larger set of rules or ethical system. But it's not right to end on a note...
